Teaching transliteration for wannabe Arabs

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Jul 12, 2011 at 09:35

Our dear Amin never tells us why hadhan is not a mistake right our dear Amin? So you have a degree in Arabic right? then how come your transliteration is poor?

> I said: nafiah liljins

Let me help you

You transliterate as follows

1. fatha is a, damma is u and kasra is i

2. Alif is aa, yeh is ii, waw is uu

3. The letter 3ayn is 3

4. The hamza is '

5. You must use al la-ta3reef with lam shamsiyya and lam qamariyya and always use a hyphen after al al-ta3reef

6. Transliterate letters so an Arabic beh is a B and and a teh is T etc... and if the letter that have no similar sounds in English you use same letter that has a similar sound for example in the Arabic names Tarik the T is really an Arabic tah and in the name Tawfiq the T is an Arabic Teh and Arabic speakers will be able to read it as tah or teh

You and your likes and other wannabe Arabs? you do not count

7. The Arabic letter qaf is a Q and not a K

8. The teh marbouta is silent so a sura is sura and not the Paki/staniArabic surah (sic) and do you know why? let me help you because your masters the Arabs would read it as either heh or hah and there is neither heh or hah it is a teh marbouta and if you have following a sura it becomes surat and not Pakistani/Arabic Surah so it is surat maryam and not Pakistan/iArabic Surah maryam

Et voila so you translaiterate your little gem one more time deal?

So much for a masters degree in Arabic and how about your little agency? what happened to it?

See? we kuffar read your drivel

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